The early moments of Silver Pines are like a warm blanket. All the fixtures and furniture are in place. A private detective in a long brown coat. A ...
It is important to note that Ratatan, a new rhythm-action game, is the product of crazed minds. Even more important is to note what those minds are c...
Cast your mind back to Hellraiser, from 1987. What do you remember? In my mind's eye, I see an attic, some hooks, a generous helping of blood, and a...
Smart iterations and steady developments mark a decent forward step for EA's FC series, amidst the usual cynicism.
Well it's about time. Star Wars games have always taken on narrow assignments. The Jedi. The Soldiers. The Space Battles. Not since 2002, and the re...
Silent Hill has always benefited from the fact that it's called Silent Hill. It's a good name for a bad town. You couldn't hope to inspire the ...
To what extent is Onimusha: Way of the Sword a reboot? In other words, what exactly has been booted out? The plot of the first game in Capcom's ser...
The second wedge of reheated Metal Gear is upon us. The good news is not just that the games here are more interesting than the last bunch, on accoun...
The mission of Master Chief, in Halo: Campaign Evolved, is to land, once again, on the titular ring-world, to whoop the alien threat of The Covenant,...
Denshattack! is set in a dystopian Japan, though you wouldn't know it. Like Sunset Overdrive and, further back, Jet Set Radio, the colours are che...
It's been thirty-three years since The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening came out on the Game Boy. It was a shock, then, to see the world of Ze...
Is it the fate of platforming mascots that their signature moves tell the arc of their decline? Sonic: too fast, burnt out. Spyro: early sparks, longi...
R-Type Dimensions III, from developer Kritzelkratz 3000, is an update of R-Type III: The Third Lightning, released in 1993 on the SNES. Although, tha...
Stop me if you've heard this one. Earth is drained to the lees, people are pissed. No amount of green-bin attentiveness and cycle-to-work scheming h...
Darwin's Paradox! stars an octopus named Darwin, who is fished out of water by a flying saucer, to be diced, sealed into canned goods, and served to...
Apparently, Replaced has been languishing in development hell for the best part of a decade. This was news to me, but it suits the game's setting,...
Well, I'll be damned: such is the premise of Hades II, which arrives on consoles after a period of purgatory. It crept into early access, on PC, in...
The new game from Capcom, Pragmata, begins in freaky fashion. Four astronauts board a base on the moon, looking for trouble. Not looking to make trou...
Dodge, casing, modem, cordite, enamel, retina, and collude. You are unlikely to find this particular assortment of words in a single video game, much ...
It's been what feels like a millennium since the last entry in the Legacy of Kain series, back in 2003. Then again, for the vampiric heroes of thes...